Mulde

{{Short description|River in Germany}}

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{{Infobox river

| name = Mulde

| image = Mulde dueben1.jpg

| image_caption = The Mulde near Bad Düben

| source1_location = Zwickauer Mulde and Freiberger Mulde

| mouth_location = Elbe

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51|52|08|N|12|13|52|E|region:DE-ST|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| length_km = 124

| length_ref = or {{convert|290|km|mi|abbr=on}} including Zwickauer Mulde

| source1_elevation = {{convert|63|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size =

| progression = {{RElbe}}

}}

Image:Elbe basin.png

The Mulde ({{IPA|de|ˈmʊldə|-|De-Mulde.ogg}}) is a river in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Elbe and is {{convert|124|km|mi}} long.

The river is formed by the confluence, near Colditz, of the Zwickauer Mulde (running through Zwickau) and the Freiberger Mulde (with Freiberg on its banks), both rising from the Ore Mountains. From here the river runs northwards through Saxony (Grimma, Wurzen, Eilenburg, Bad Düben) and Saxony-Anhalt (Jeßnitz and Dessau, the old capital of Anhalt). The Mulde flows into the Elbe {{convert|3|km|mi|0}} north of Dessau.1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

In August 2002 a flood caused severe damage, that even endangered the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich" and the city Dessau. In June 2013, another flood caused significant damage in the region.